The Persefoni Team

Kentaro Kawamori is CEO & Co-Founder of Persefoni, a prominent Climate Software company. Persefoni's Climate Management & Accounting SaaS Platform is used by companies and financial institutions worldwide to account for, disclose, and manage their climate impact. Kentaro is a serial entrepreneur, his first venture-backed enterprise software business, Umbrage, was acquired by Bain & Co. in 2023. He was also an early-stage software investor at Rice Investment Group and held technical and executive roles at major technology firms, including serving as the Chief Data Officer at Chesapeake Energy. Kentaro has been honored with several awards for his exceptional work, including Forbes 30 Under 30, EY Entrepreneur of the Year, and SXSW Startup Competition.

Jason brings nearly three decades of deep operational, strategy, and engineering experience as the COO and Co-Founder of Persefoni. He led one of the most important operational technology rollouts in Energy sector history, and has overseen several early-stage technology venture deals as an Advisor with the Rice Investment Group. Jason also has material experience with ERP solutions and implementations.

As a trained computer scientist and mathematician, Kim brings product development and architecture experience to bear as CDIO and Co-Founder at Persefoni. She has significant startup experience, including as a key product leader at one of the Records Management sector’s first SaaS vendors. Her background also includes a sophisticated understanding of enterprise systems, having spent a decade leading the development of proprietary applications at a Fortune 500 company.